Sugar Loaf Mountain (Pao de Acucar) Rio de Janeiro

First few days in Rio de Janeiro we have been busy site seeing and trying the local food. We have to get around the city in the most rickety buses you can think of, the whole time thinking this is gonna fall to bits soon, but flying and swerving through the traffic is fun. We went to copacobana beach which was nice, plenty of people, nice water and …

Although I have been to Brazil before (Campinas, Viracopos and Sao Paulo) this was my first time to Rio de Janeiro. So a visit to the Corcovado and Sugarloaf Mountain was a must although I was on a tight work schedule.

Corcovado means "hunchback" in Portuuese. This is a mountain located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park, that measures …

Well well can you believe it, I've started my epic journey with the first stop being Rio De Janerio. If you have not been, then go, NOW! It is one of the most beautiful places Ive ever visited - it seems like its not real life. The people are beautiful, no not beautiful, BEAUTIFUL!! During my pre-breakfast walk an hour and half down the beach front …

We arrived to Brasil at about 4 am while it was still dark out and got to the hotel Pat shouted for us around 6 and we couldnt check in yet so we went to see the sunrise over Copacabana and spent the day sleeping on the beach in the 100 degree weather. From that moment, I knew was going to love this place.... Eventually got settled into the hotel, …

So today is our last day in Rio and the end of Carnival and we have had an absolutely incredible, jam packed 5 days. It started when we arrived late on Wednesday night and met up with our friend Alistair at our hostel, CabanaCopa. We immediately headed out to a bar with some new friends, Youssef who was also staying in our room and Emma another …

I was in Rio de Janeiro for 3 months and it was an amazing experience.
The locals are very nice to foreigners and great hosts.
The city is beautiful, you have beaches and mountains at the same time, the weather is great! The food is even greater, if you go to Rio you have to eat Açai and sandwich Natural (in Ipanema beach); drink agua de …

We arrived in Rio at 5am and, after an elongated wait for baggage, made it to our hostel by 7am. I say 'hostel' in the lose sense of the word as it could be better described as a box, literally a man made box with a bed and table - we didn't even have a window but it was cheap right?! We caught up on a little sleep before heading into the mental …

Quick Stop in Lima

Because we will be instructing and mountaineering in Peru starting May, we dropped off a bag en route to Brazil in Lima. It worked out extremely well and we got in a little sightseeing and jogging in while we were on our extended layover in Lima.


Looking down at the beach in Miraflores


Fancy …

well here we are in Rio.... will skip the travel bit - boring.. arrived sunday morning 6.30am - temperature of 29 - phew!! had a quick glimpse of Jesus on the way to the hotel, but we are going to see him properly this afternoon. Got to hotel - very nice with a view of Ipanema Beach - thats if you half hang out of the window - but its there... …

Hi Folks, well i'm writing this blog in retrospect as I have not had great Wi fi Coverage in Brazil.

My Last day in Iguazu was very lazy - had to check out of room at 10am and flight wasnt until 7pm so I just sat around the pool in the jungle and topped up my tan!! bahahahah.

So I finally got to the airport and did nothing for 3 …

... just as the buffet opened again. Shower and sleep (seeing a pattern here?) before crawling out of bed to go to Sugar Loaf Mountain with the group. The views were again spectacular as the pictures should show. It’s hard to take a bad picture here. ...

... longer on Copa, the sand doesn't seem to slope so much making it easier for loungin on, and their are views of Sugar Loaf Mountain which there aren't on Ipanema. The action seems to be the same on both beaches with football and volleyball games going on ...

... it was quite cloudy at the top but we could see the statue and got glimpses of the 360 degree view around Rio of the beaches, Sugar loaf mountain and try and take in the scale of the city. See the photos. Next drove through Santa Teresa district and ...

... to have a pretty full on first day in town, paying silly amounts of money to do the two MUST SEE Rio attractions in one day. Went up Sugar Loaf Mountain, a hill right on the water with a cable car that provides some pretty stunning views back over the ...

... areas, the very bronze and good looking area, the oldies area, the volleyball areas, the locals area, beach fishing area but most people go any where they fancy. Sugar loaf mountain Cooper Out Love Dan & ...

... , never-ending nightlife and shopping opportunities! Nowhere gives you a better understanding of this than from the top of the famous "sugar-loaf mountain". Anna and I emerged white faced from the 2 very-scary cable car rides to the top to ´that view´. ...

... overcome with when looking up at this ultimate symbol of Christianity. We paid a visit to another of Rio’s famous landmarks - Sugar Loaf mountain, at arguably the best time of the day, sunset. Although not as spectacular as Corcovado, it allows ...

... visited city in South America. Home to the statue of Christ the Redeemer, one of the seven new wonders of the world, Sugar Loaf Mountain as seen in Moonraker, The Bond Movie, and not forgetting the world famous beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema. Soon to ...

... afternoon, then that's the only place in the world you really want to be. Did anyone say Bikini! I do of course visit Sugar Loaf Mountain and the statue of Christ the Redeemer on top of Corcovado, but decide I rather sit in Leblon and drink fresh coconut ...

... we were whisked away by bus through the city. After battling the early morning rush hour traffic we arrived at the bottom of Sugar Loaf mountain. To get to the top you have to take two cable car journeys, first up to Urca mountain and up to Sugar ...